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April 2020 – Dealing with Economic Uncertainty
January 2020 – Crush Your New Years Resolutions
November 2019 – Kick Financial a$$ as a Married Couple
October 2019 – How to Make Finances a Priority in Your Life
September 2019 – Money and Trauma
August 2019 – How to Leave a Financially Dependent Relationship
July 2019 – The Empowered Woman’s Guide to Investing – Part 1
The Empowered Woman’s Guide to Investing – Part 2
April 2019 – The End of Financial Guilt and Shame
Special series: how money can be unsafe
The laptop lifestyle has spawned an entire movement of entrepreneurs inspiring us to create wealth and prosperity. How wonderful is it that we live in a time where this information is freely shared? However, only some of us succeed when we apply these principles. For...
Dear Canadian, want free money? Yep, you read right!
Everyone wants to save money. How about earning some while you're at it? If you live in Canada, you'll be interested in the goodies below! I want to share some of my favourite financial and non-financial products and services with you. I have used every one to smartly...
Do you want to be secure, or do you want to be free?
There’s an expression that goes something like this… While everyone wants money, wealthy people desire freedom, while the poor man craves security. This is a really important distinction to understand. Let’s talk about financial security (insecurity). If you ask...
Time is on your side: the magic of money
If you're interested in creating wealth, there are 3 fundamental concepts you must understand. These are compounding, assets, and leverage. Today I'm starting with the foundation - compounding. We'll dive into the mechanics of how money works, and I’ll show you how it...
The best birthday gift ever
43 years ago today, a baby was born struggling to breathe. When the doctor's forceps pulled her out of the birth canal, she wasn't crying. She was whisked away to the ICU after being quickly shown to her mother, not allowed to be touched. A tube was stuck down her...
Is trauma the portal to spiritual awakening?
This article originally appeared as a guest blog post on Universoul Awakening. <link rel=canonical href="http://universoulawakening.com/is-trauma-the-portal-to-awakening"/> It has been said that psychology and spirituality have opposite goals. Psychology...
What everybody needs to know about trauma
I considered titling this article "before you judge someone, read this". It should be the effect once you're done reading it, but what I'm about to share is so much more than a way to keep a bad habit in check. I recently attended a 3 day conference as part of my...
8 things I wish I knew before becoming my own boss
It’s March 22 and Spring is finally here. Hallelujah! Even more significant, it marks a special anniversary for me. Three years ago today was my last day as a salaried employee. Back then, I didn’t know I was going to become an entrepreneur. I only knew that a...
A dollar saved isn’t a dollar earned. It’s much more.
Hello frigid February! Is it just me, or is 2019 flying by for you too? In our three-part new years series last month, we explored what creates good financial health. As a refresher, we talked about the importance of setting up savings and debt elimination plans, and...
The cure for your post-holiday spending hangover – part 3
Today is the final tip in our 3 part series to get our finances on the right track for 2019. So far we’ve covered savings and debt. Now it’s time to look at spending...or more precisely, how to spend money correctly! I want you to feel into something that you really,...